Todd Kelman Explained

Played For:Bracknell Bees
Belfast Giants
Position:Defence
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:195
Birth Date:1975 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Draft:141st overall
Draft Year:1993
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Career Start:1997
Career End:2008

Todd Kelman (born 5 January 1975) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman who is currently the Managing Director of the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League. He was an original member of the first Belfast Giants squad that played in the old Ice Hockey Superleague in the 2000–01 season. He won the Superleague title twice, once with the Giants in 2001–02 (a mere one season after the team was founded) and previously with the Bracknell Bees two seasons earlier in 1999–00. He also won the Superleague Playoff Championship and the Elite League with the Giants in 2002–03 and 2005–06 respectively.

During his tenure at the Giants, 'Killer' became a huge favourite amongst the fans for his offensive style of play that created goals for the Giants as well as his strong defensive style and solid penalty killing. In seven seasons he played 366 games, which at the time was more than any other player in Giants history. He also retired as the leading points scoring defenceman in Giants history with 67 goals and 122 assists for 189 points. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Kelman retired as a player to become the General Manager of the Belfast Giants.

In 7 seasons as the General Manager of the Belfast Giants, Kelman and the Giants won the Challenge Cup and British Knock Out Cup (both in the 2008/09 season), the Playoff Championship in 2010 and Elite League titles in 2011-12 & 2013-14.

In 2010, Kelman secured an exhibition game for the named "Belfast Giants Select" (featuring the best players from the Elite League), against the world-famous NHL side, the Boston Bruins. The game took place at the Odyssey Arena on 2 October 2010, with the Bruins securing a 5-1 victory.

Kelman was drafted 141st overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, but never played a game having spent his career at college for Bowling Green State University before joining the Bracknell Bees in 1997.

Career statistics

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Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1992–93Vernon LakersBCJHL48 16 30 46 54
1993–94Bowling Green UniversityNCAA18 0 2 2 12
1994–95Bowling Green UniversityNCAA37 2 6 8 20
1995–96Bowling Green UniversityNCAA32 1 5 6 40
1996–97Bowling Green UniversityNCAA36 3 9 12 51
1997–98Bracknell BeesBISL45 6 8 14 366 1 2 3 4
1998–99Bracknell BeesBISL42 2 9 11 347 2 1 3 8
1999–00Bracknell BeesBISL42 5 13 18 406 1 1 2 2
2000–01Belfast GiantsBISL48 6 6 12 586 0 0 0 4
2001–02Belfast GiantsBISL48 9 10 19 486 1 0 1 4
2002–03Belfast GiantsBISL32 2 5 7 3216 0 6 6 16
2003–04Belfast GiantsEIHL56 14 36 50 464 1 0 1 2
2004–05Belfast GiantsEIHL24 6 6 12 88 0 2 2 2
2005–06Belfast GiantsEIHL44 13 19 32 527 1 2 3 10
2006–07Belfast GiantsEIHL54 12 26 38 803 0 0 0 6
2007–08Belfast GiantsEIHL12 1 5 6 64
BISL totals257305181248475101538